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Review: Overland – Contagious Escape Music (Oct 2016) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Steve Overland needs no introduction to fans of melodic rock and/or AOR. As the voice of FM, I have waxed lyrical about his voice and for me he is The Man. He could sing the Yellow Pages and make it sound great. His soulful, […]

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Review: Love/Hate – Before The Blackout AorBlvd Records  (Oct 2016) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Love/Hate were one of those bands that appeared in the early 90s and gathered critical acclaim for their albums. Despite the heavy MTV rotation they failed to translate the critical acclaim into sales and were subsequently dropped by Columbia. They did carry […]

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Review: Danté Fox – Breathless AOR Heaven (Aug 2016) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Danté Fox have been around for quite some time having been formed in 1989. They were unfortunate to hit the market at a time when grunge kicked the crap out of anything remotely melodic. In many respects wasn’t a bad thing, as AOR […]

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Walter Trout – Alive In Amsterdam Provogue Records (June 2016) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Walter Trout is one of these artists that down through the years I have heard the odd song and never got around to buying any albums. Therefore, when offered the chance to review this album I jumped at the chance! He has […]

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Review: Rob Moratti – Transcendent Escape (June 2016) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Rob Moratti has been kicking around for quite some time with his first albums released in the early to mid-90s with Moratti. He also featured in Saga for a while and most recently on the last Rage of Angels album. Admittedly, I haven’t heard […]

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Chris Ousey – Dream Machine Escape (Apr 2016) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Chris Ousey should need no introduction if you know your onions with melodic rock. I first saw him at the Marquee all those years ago with Virginia Wolf. In fact, I would defy anybody to listen to One Night and Man In The Moon […]

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Eric Bell – Exile On The Edge/Cargo Records (2016) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Eric Bell is best known as the founding guitarist of Thin Lizzy and playing on the band’s first three albums. Just as the band looked like it might be breaking he left, mainly due to his excessive drinking. He has sporadically burst into […]